Started a node.js project several months back, lab.samlam.com. My first attempt to create a web application that utilizes all new technology:
- node.js
- express.js
- mongoose.js + mongodb
- restify.js
- gm.js + graphicmagick
- syntaxhighlighter
- masonry.js
- curl.js
- backbone.js
It’s demo-worthy but still needs a lot of work to become fully functional. My goal is to open-source the final version when it’s done. Hopefully by late March of 2013 ( the front-end is now available on github, https://github.com/samlam/theideafarm; it will be another month for API to be ready )
I am very much intrigued by the non-blocking approach to create web application using node.js, which is built on chrome v8 engine. The result is amazing that the application is very responsive and the platform provides web developer great deal of control. Unlike many other node.js projects out there, i have elected the windows environment. My project is written on 2008 Microsoft windows server with Web Matrix IDE.
note: the lab is hosted on heroku.com
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